Boko Haram terrorists are stepping up plans to attack Maiduguri, locals living in neighbouring communities, said yesterday.
Abubakar Shekau
But residents living in hamlets not far from Maiduguri told Daily Trust yesterday, that there was the need for aggressive surveillance because the…Boko Haram threatening communities around Maiduguri – Residents
The secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Kaduna State Council was attacked by political thugs on Sunday.
Shehu Sani
They injured journalists, vandalised properties and disrupted a press briefing by some All Progressives Congress’ chieftains in the state.
The News Agency of…APC thugs attack NUG office in Kaduna, beat journalist, party members
Members of the House of Representatives are enraged after the lawmakers could not take delivery of exotic cars worth about N6.1bn as official vehicles for the 360-member House.
Every four years, lawmakers get exotic official vehicles, better known as “utility or committee” cars, though the cars…Reps grumble as delivery of N6.1bn exotic cars stalls
No fewer than eight persons were killed and 14 others sustained in Friday night suicide bomb attack in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred on Friday when two female suicide bombers hit an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…Boko Haram: Suicide bomber kills 8, injure 14 in Dikka, Borno
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has appointed Malam Abdulfatah Enabulele as the state Amirul-Hajj for this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
The appointment was contained in a statement signed yesterday by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Barrister Osarodion Ogie, and made…Obaseki appoints Enabulele Amirul-Hajj
Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption Professor Itse Sagay SAN has advocated “stiff punishment for counsel, particularly Senior Advocates, who have turned obstruction and frustration of proceedings on high-profile corruption cases into an art.”
sagay
Sagay said such…Sagay seeks punishment for SANs frustrating grand corruption cases
Two post-graduate students of the University of Benin have been injured in a clash between post-graduate students and the institution’s security operatives.
It was gathered that the post-graduate students were protesting the introduction of what they described as payment of oral defence fees…Post-graduate students, UniBen guards clash, 2 injured
President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet members are anxious over a possibility of a cabinet reshuffle this morning.
This is just as Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is today scheduled to inaugurate the two ministers-designate, Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman Hassan (Gombe).
Saraki, Dogara…Fear grips Buhari’s cabinet as speculation about reshuffle spreads
The federal government has said it is partnering with the European Union to establish a Digital Single Market in Nigeria.
Minister of Communications, Bar. Adebayo Shittu disclosed this at the ongoing 2017 Information Communication Technology and Telecommunication Expo (2017 ICTEL Expo), holding…FG partners EU on Digital Single Market in Nigeria
A former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has described the Imo state governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha as a “cheap, fat, ugly frog”.
Fani-Kayode replied Okorocha through his Special Adviser (media) Jude Ndukwe.
Chief Fani-Kayode
The Imo State governor had earlier described…Okorocha is a cheap fat ugly frog – Fani-Kayode
Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, today said the gigantic Benin Central Hospital waiting to be privatized by Governor Godwin Obaseki is a disaster waiting to happen owing to refusal by the immediate past government of Adams Oshiomhiole to adhere to structural recommendation…Planned Benin Central Hospital privatization a distaster waiting to happen – Dan Orbih
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) wheeled out 22,978 megawatts of electricity between July 17 to July 23 against the 25,819 megawatts generated in the previous week.
Power electricity
Power generation dropped by 2,841 megawatts between the two periods.
The daily statistics of TCN…Power generation dropped by 2,841mw in a week – TCN
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that it would be suicidal to threaten Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara considering their physical sizes.
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
Osinbajo was speaking jokingly while declaring open the 16th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers…It’ll be suicidal to threaten Saraki, Dogara – Osinbajo
The Nigerian senate today approved the report on the Nigerian peace corps bill.
The bill had scaled third reading hurdle at both Chambers of the National Assembly, but in the month of May 2, it suffered setback after the Senate declined adoption of the conference report on the proposed…Senate approves report on Nigerian peace corps bill
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to thank the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, for the nationwide prayers held last week by Guineans for his recovery and good health.
In a letter dated July 24, 2017, President Buhari, who had earlier made a phone call to Conde, who is the current Chairman…Buhari writes Guinea President, says he’s getting better
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike’s claim that his administration has embarked on the renovation of 175 schools across the State has been dismissed as a big fraud by the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt…Wike’s claims on school renovation fraudulent and a ploy to siphon funds – APC
The Management of the state-owned Edo University, Iyamho,(EUI) says the institution was established to essentially cater for academically-endowed students and the wealthy in the society.
The Vice Chancellor(VC) of the institution, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor, disclosed this in an interview with the…Iyamoh University is for the rich, not the poor, says VC
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of three persons in a suicide bomb attack at the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri on Sunday night.
The NEMA North-East Zonal Information Officer, Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, confirmed this in a…Dalori Bombing Updates: NEMA says three dead, 17 injured
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has released its two years assessment report of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration titled: Buharimeter Mid-Term Report on the performance of the incumbent administration against its 222 campaign promises.
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The CDD Director Idayat…2 years into presidency, Buhari kept 7 promises, failed 5
The picture of a handful of APC Governors and President Muhammadu Buhari, which was purportedly taken in London yesterday, is old and fake.
Buhari, Oyegu and others in London
I have been reliably informed that they were taken during Ramadan in Abuja some time back and not yesterday in…Breakfast In London With Citizen Buhari, By Fani-Kayode
Four persons have been killed in a suicide attack on Dalori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps 1 and 2 over the night.
Daily Trust gathered that at least, 15 other persons sustained injuries as a result of the attack.
Also, another attack was carried out this morning but details are not…4 dead, 15 injured as suicide bomber attack Dalori IDP in Maiduguri
Nomadic cattle farming in Africa is often imagined as picturesque and idyllic. In reality, present-day nomadic cattle herders in the East and West of the continent carry Pump Action, AK 47’s, and other machine guns. They trample farms, raze villages and displace communities in a desperate search…The war for grazing lands in Africa
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, “to join us in promoting and supporting legislative measures to redirect public funds spent to provide life pensions to former governors for the benefit of the most…N40bn life pensions: SERAP replies Fayemi, says ‘threat of legal action unjustified’
I am convinced that President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, has now finally lost his mind. In his latest essay, titled “The Sons of Shimmei”, he compared Buhari to the biblical King David, the greatest King that ever ruled Israel.
Chief Fani-Kayode
One is…Buhari, the sons of Shimmei and the deteriorting mind of Femi Adesina, By Femi-Kayode
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to capture Abubakar Shekau, self-styled leader of the Boko Haram sect, “dead or alive”.
Buratai further directed the Theatre commander to do so…Buratai orders troops to capture Shekau dead or alive
